Syria’s President Ahmed Al-Sharaa arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday in his first foreign trip since he assumed power, local media has reported.
Syrian state news agency Sana earlier reported the president was accompanied by the country’s foreign minister, Asaad Hassan Al-Shibani.
Al-Sharaa will meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, SANA reported.
Al-Sharaa has been appointed Syria’s president, almost two months after his group helped topple Bashar Al-Assad.
Last month, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan has visited Damascus and said the kingdom was engaged in talks with Europe and the US to help lift economic sanctions imposed on Syria that had decimated its economy.
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